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Exercise: Create Empty Captains Dictionary

Philipp Acsany

Python Basics Exercises: Dictionaries Philipp Acsany 08:00

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Review Exercises: Python Dictionaries

Python Basics Exercises: Dictionaries (Overview) 02:31

Create a Dictionary (Exercise) 00:22

Exercise: Create Empty Captains Dictionary 08:00

Create a Dictionary (Solution) 01:27

Add Some Key-Value Pairs (Exercise) 00:33

Exercise: Add Key-Value Pairs to Captains Dictionary 08:00

Add Key-Value Pairs (Solution) 01:23

Check the Existence of Keys (Exercise) 00:27

Exercise: Check Key Existence in Captains Dictionary 08:00

Check the Existence of Keys (Solution) 02:49

Loop Over the Dictionary (Exercise) 00:22

Exercise: Loop Over Captains Dictionary 08:00

Loop Over the Dictionary (Solution) 02:19

Delete a Dictionary Key (Exercise) 00:14

Exercise: Delete Captains Dictionary Key 08:00

Delete a Dictionary Key (Solution) 01:15

Challenge: Python Dictionaries

Challenge: Space Race 02:45

Collect the Tasks 00:56

Leverage dict() 02:06

Add Another Spaceship 00:58

List All Spaceships 02:02

Position the Spaceships Randomly 02:38

Create the Winners Dictionary 04:39

Loop Over the Positions 03:55

Leverage enumerate() 03:07

Store the Winners as Values 02:27

Start Congratulating Winner 04:32

Single Out the Last Place 04:08

Python Basics Exercises: Dictionaries (Summary) 01:35

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